| South Dakota executes man who raped, murdered nine-year old girl Oct 31st 2012, 03:57 (Reuters) - South Dakota prison officials on Tuesday night executed a man convicted of the rape and murder of a 9-year-old girl he abducted from a Sioux Falls convenience store in 1990, a state corrections department spokesman said. Donald Moeller, 60, was pronounced dead at 10:24 p.m. local time, becoming the second South Dakota inmate put to death by lethal injection this month, but only the fourth executed by the state since 1913, the department said. ... |  | New York's JFK, Newark airports to open Wednesday; LaGuardia still closed Oct 31st 2012, 02:39 (Reuters) - John F. Kennedy International and Newark Liberty International airports, two of the three main flying hubs for the busy New York City area, will reopen on Wednesday morning with limited service, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said on Tuesday. LaGuardia Airport remains closed, the Port Authority said on its website. The three airports have all been closed due to Sandy, the massive storm that swept through the area on Monday. Typically they handle 300,000 passengers a day. (Reporting By Dan Burns; Editing by Sandra Maler) | | New York's JFK, Newark airports to open Wednesday; LaGuardia still closed Oct 31st 2012, 02:39 (Reuters) - John F. Kennedy International and Newark Liberty International airports, two of the three main flying hubs for the busy New York City area, will reopen on Wednesday morning with limited service, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said on Tuesday. LaGuardia Airport remains closed, the Port Authority said on its website. The three airports have all been closed due to Sandy, the massive storm that swept through the area on Monday. Typically they handle 300,000 passengers a day. (Reporting By Dan Burns; Editing by Sandra Maler) | | Obama, FEMA hustle federal disaster relief to Sandy's aftermath Oct 31st 2012, 02:36  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. federal agency in charge of disaster relief, under intense pressure to show the Obama administration can quickly respond to the devastation caused by the massive storm Sandy, said it has plenty of cash to deliver timely aid to the millions of people struggling to recover. The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency also noted on Tuesday that President Barack Obama fast-tracked funds to areas hardest hit as the agency seeks to prove it can smoothly work with the states to give basic relief, just a week before Election Day. ...
| | Obama, FEMA hustle federal disaster relief to Sandy's aftermath Oct 31st 2012, 02:36 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. federal agency in charge of disaster relief, under intense pressure to show the Obama administration can quickly respond to the devastation caused by the massive storm Sandy, said it has plenty of cash to deliver timely aid to the millions of people struggling to recover. The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency also noted on Tuesday that President Barack Obama fast-tracked funds to areas hardest hit as the agency seeks to prove it can smoothly work with the states to give basic relief, just a week before Election Day. ... | | Best Buy analyst meeting canceled due to East Coast storm Oct 31st 2012, 02:31  (Reuters) - Best Busy Co Inc on Tuesday canceled an analyst meeting it had planned to hold in New York this week as the city tries to recover from the massive storm Sandy, postponing Chief Executive Hubert Joly's opportunity to tell investors how he plans to turn the company around. No new date has been set for the meeting, which had been scheduled for Thursday, spokeswoman Amy von Walter said. "We are very much looking forward to getting in front of the investment community to share Hubert's situational assessment and strategy going forward," von Walter said. ...
| | New Yorkers take Sandy travel challenges in stride Oct 31st 2012, 02:19  NEW YORK (Reuters) - With New York City's subway system paralyzed by Sandy's crippling blow, millions of commuters are rethinking how they will get to work this week, and they are taking it one step at a time. The storm, which killed 23 people in New York state, closed roads and bridges and flooded tunnels, garages and rail yards, dousing the nation's largest mass transit system with saltwater, which is corrosive to its electrical system. ...
| | New Yorkers take Sandy travel challenges in stride Oct 31st 2012, 02:19 NEW YORK (Reuters) - With New York City's subway system paralyzed by Sandy's crippling blow, millions of commuters are rethinking how they will get to work this week, and they are taking it one step at a time. The storm, which killed 23 people in New York state, closed roads and bridges and flooded tunnels, garages and rail yards, dousing the nation's largest mass transit system with saltwater, which is corrosive to its electrical system. ... | | East Coast reels from massive, deadly storm Oct 31st 2012, 02:06  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Millions of people faced epic flooding and lengthy power outages on Tuesday after the massive storm Sandy wreaked havoc in much of the eastern United States with high winds and heavy rains. The storm killed at least 45 people, including at least 18 in New York City, and insurance companies started to tally billions of dollars in losses. The storm hit with just a week to go to the November 6 presidential election, disrupting campaigning and early voting and raising questions about whether polling stations in some hard-hit communities would be ready to open by next Tuesday. ...
| | Ohio jury convicts teenager of Craigslist murders Oct 31st 2012, 01:39 AKRON, Ohio (Reuters) - A jury convicted 17-year-old Brogan Rafferty of murder on Tuesday in the deaths of three men, two of whom were lured to Ohio by a Craigslist ad promising work on a farm. Rafferty and Richard Beasley, 53, were charged with murder in the deaths of the three men. Two men answered a social media ad for a $300-a-week job as a caretaker on a farm about 100 miles south of Cleveland. Although prosecutors said Beasley pulled the trigger, they accused Rafferty of assisting in the crimes and the attempted murder of a fourth man, Scott Davis. ... | | Ohio jury convicts teenager of Craigslist murders Oct 31st 2012, 01:39 AKRON, Ohio (Reuters) - A jury convicted 17-year-old Brogan Rafferty of murder on Tuesday in the deaths of three men, two of whom were lured to Ohio by a Craigslist ad promising work on a farm. Rafferty and Richard Beasley, 53, were charged with murder in the deaths of the three men. Two men answered a social media ad for a $300-a-week job as a caretaker on a farm about 100 miles south of Cleveland. Although prosecutors said Beasley pulled the trigger, they accused Rafferty of assisting in the crimes and the attempted murder of a fourth man, Scott Davis. ... | | Some train services resume along U.S. East Coast Oct 31st 2012, 01:27 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Limited passenger train services will resume along the U.S. East Coast on Wednesday as transportation slowly returns to normal after Hurricane Sandy, but flooding in tunnels is still blocking access to New York City, Amtrak said on Tuesday. Services provided by rail company Amtrak along the busy Northeast corridor were suspended on Monday as the storm hit the eastern United States, flooding tracks and roads, felling trees and power lines. Amtrak said it would provide modified Northeast regional services south from Newark in New Jersey from Wednesday. ... | | Some train services resume along U.S. East Coast Oct 31st 2012, 01:27 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Limited passenger train services will resume along the U.S. East Coast on Wednesday as transportation slowly returns to normal after Hurricane Sandy, but flooding in tunnels is still blocking access to New York City, Amtrak said on Tuesday. Services provided by rail company Amtrak along the busy Northeast corridor were suspended on Monday as the storm hit the eastern United States, flooding tracks and roads, felling trees and power lines. Amtrak said it would provide modified Northeast regional services south from Newark in New Jersey from Wednesday. ... | | For some New York workers, storm meant a shared room or scary walk Oct 31st 2012, 01:27  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Workers who stayed late on Monday and kept parts of New York running while Hurricane Sandy brought the city to a standstill faced a dilemma: take a nerve-wracking walk home or find a floor space on which to bed down. Before Sandy made landfall, subways and buses shut down, cabs were scarce and bridges and tunnels closed. So the question loomed: could workers get home? At 99¢ Fresh Pizza on Broadway near Columbus Circle, Saleh Mohammad, 32, worked until past 6 p.m. on Monday - less than two hours before the storm touched down. ...
| | For some New York workers, storm meant a shared room or scary walk Oct 31st 2012, 01:27 NEW YORK (Reuters) - Workers who stayed late on Monday and kept parts of New York running while Hurricane Sandy brought the city to a standstill faced a dilemma: take a nerve-wracking walk home or find a floor space on which to bed down. Before Sandy made landfall, subways and buses shut down, cabs were scarce and bridges and tunnels closed. So the question loomed: could workers get home? At 99¢ Fresh Pizza on Broadway near Columbus Circle, Saleh Mohammad, 32, worked until past 6 p.m. on Monday - less than two hours before the storm touched down. ... | | A tiny, tight-knit beach enclave hammered by Sandy Oct 31st 2012, 01:18  MATUNUCK, Rhode Island (Reuters) - "This is what I call salvage" said Chris Hannafin, jumping across what was once was the front wall of his friends' oceanside cottage. For hours, he and friends had been racing against the clock and the rising tide to claim mementos, bureaus, pillows and even a toilet and carry them to higher ground - away from the cottage now only inches from the encroaching sea. Neighbors and friends - some silently wiping away tears - surveyed the damage Hurricane Sandy had inflicted on a close-knit summer community called Roy Carpenter's Beach in Matunuck. ...
| | A tiny, tight-knit beach enclave hammered by Sandy Oct 31st 2012, 01:18 MATUNUCK, Rhode Island (Reuters) - "This is what I call salvage" said Chris Hannafin, jumping across what was once was the front wall of his friends' oceanside cottage. For hours, he and friends had been racing against the clock and the rising tide to claim mementos, bureaus, pillows and even a toilet and carry them to higher ground - away from the cottage now only inches from the encroaching sea. Neighbors and friends - some silently wiping away tears - surveyed the damage Hurricane Sandy had inflicted on a close-knit summer community called Roy Carpenter's Beach in Matunuck. ... | | Colorado judge denies theater rampage victims access to criminal files Oct 31st 2012, 01:13 DENVER (Reuters) - Survivors of the shooting rampage that left 12 moviegoers slain during the showing of a Batman film in Colorado lost a bid in court on Tuesday to obtain sealed evidence in the criminal case for review in their civil suit against the theater chain. The request for access to law enforcement's investigative files was brought by three individuals wounded in the massacre who have sued Cinemark USA in U.S. district court in Denver, accusing the company of lax theater security. ... | | Colorado judge denies theater rampage victims access to criminal files Oct 31st 2012, 01:13 DENVER (Reuters) - Survivors of the shooting rampage that left 12 moviegoers slain during the showing of a Batman film in Colorado lost a bid in court on Tuesday to obtain sealed evidence in the criminal case for review in their civil suit against the theater chain. The request for access to law enforcement's investigative files was brought by three individuals wounded in the massacre who have sued Cinemark USA in U.S. district court in Denver, accusing the company of lax theater security. ... | | Huge fire in Sandy's wake destroys New York City beach community Oct 31st 2012, 01:10  ROCKAWAYS, New York (Reuters) - Just before dinner on Monday night, 75-year-old Bruce Bavasso was slugging back sambuca with his neighbors in a private beach community in the Rockaways in New York City. There was a lot of pasta, some hurricane humor and a lot of ribbing about the storm. This was Belle Harbor, the same broad-shouldered, tight-knit beach community where an American Airlines plane crashed in November 2001, killing all aboard and five people on the ground. There was no way tragedy would strike the place again, or so Bavasso and his friends thought. ...
| | Huge fire in Sandy's wake destroys New York City beach community Oct 31st 2012, 01:10 ROCKAWAYS, New York (Reuters) - Just before dinner on Monday night, 75-year-old Bruce Bavasso was slugging back sambuca with his neighbors in a private beach community in the Rockaways in New York City. There was a lot of pasta, some hurricane humor and a lot of ribbing about the storm. This was Belle Harbor, the same broad-shouldered, tight-knit beach community where an American Airlines plane crashed in November 2001, killing all aboard and five people on the ground. There was no way tragedy would strike the place again, or so Bavasso and his friends thought. ... | | Trial opens for California boy who killed neo-Nazi father Oct 31st 2012, 00:43 RIVERSIDE, California (Reuters) - A boy accused of murdering his neo-Nazi father when he was 10 years old went on trial in California on Tuesday, with prosecutors portraying the child as violent and troubled and a defense lawyer saying he acted to protect his family. Both sides agree that Joseph Hall, now 12, shot his father, Jeffrey Hall, at near point-blank range on May 1, 2011. He is being tried in juvenile court and could be sent to a juvenile facility until age 23. ... | |
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